Recent content by Jolyon

Hi All, I am sure this has been covered many times before but.... I have a new chute for our scouts troupe. Any advice? worth nikwaxing? any prep on cords? how many and where? best and quickest way to set? never put one up on my own any advice welcome... i have 4 days to look like a pro

Hi Tony, I assume these are confirmed? Only two weeks earlier than normal? Just clashes with WOMAD which i JUST bloody bought!!! grrrrr

I assumed I won despite leaving on Tuesday ;)

There speaks a man who shoots his own ;) butchers getting squirrel is something the guardian talks about but in my experiance just does not happen, and I'm not going to pay £5 for a squirrel! Lol. previous years there have been plenty but this year seems rather sparse. Just would like them...

Hi all, bit of a call out, I have a wild camp with 4 scouts this weekend and am desperate for some squirrel for them. i have access to a beautiful oak woodland with a stream full of cray and rabbit both of which I have been happily hunting. But no squirrel!! Bit if a first for me to come...

Well...most 'care' what an experienced bush crafter thinks.. and Raymondo is certainly that... and he was quite passionate and proved right when the chap in question after two night of trying to keep a fire going gave up and bought a tent! But in honesty this was not the point of the...

Ok, i have see. A few people with a hennessy hammock set up and it always looks pretty sweet. but I was on a tracking course last year with wood lore and old RM ripped a length of all those with hammocks. Saying they were only good for rain forest and any old fool could go wild camping and be...

Thanks guys!! All worked a treat, went with old pallet and broom handle, out of the four groups of scouts three managed an ember and bit lost it in the straw/ run out of breath and one managed fire ;). So success!!! Thanks for all your help ;)

Is this true?.. The best woods are the ones that grow really close to water they have the highest percentage of water to resin ratio therefore dry out better. this is why willow, cotton wood, cypress, and the like work. Wood that grows near water has a much lower in sectional density because of...

Hi All, Had great fun doing the family Bow drill at the Moot in 2011 and now hoping to do this on Monday with the scouts (I hope!) I have a selection of drills from Buddleja Nice and streight and dry, I am off to the woods today to try and find some nice Bows...and some sockets. Have...

Very Sad, Moot will not be the same with out him.

Hi all, Part fo 2nd Crowthorne group, we are looking to do a long overdue survival weekend and need a location. Was hopping that one of you guys might know of a nice woodland ideal for the job that is not a million miles away. We are between the M4 and M3 near sandhurst.. Any one>?

George your absolutely right it was! i remember it roaring away.... do you have any tips on the hole ratios? ours is kinda working but i have vivid memories of yours being like a little dragonfly... or am i looking though rosie specs?

?? ok this is counter to all the designs I have seen... my understanding is that the burn is from the top drawing the smoke down, the pressure gradient then forces it up around the inner can and re burns it at the top.. dont quite undertand how your design would work?

Hey all, at moot 2011 i witnessed a great wood gas stove, sorry i cant remeber who it was that showed me but i do remeber it being made from a paint tin and a dog food can.... and it worked REALLY well, a nice blue flame and a rocket noise!... Well have spent the day making one and its crap...